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Tables of Contents

Bel Canto - Principles and Practices

by Cornelius L. Reid 1950

INTRODUCTION
I HISTORIC BACKGROUND OF BEL CANTO
II EARLY HISTORY OF VOICE TRAINING
III THE BEL CANTO IDEAL

'Loud' vs. 'Big' Tone

Resonance
IV BASIC PRINCIPLES OF BEL CANTO
V THE MENTAL CONCEPT

'Imitation'
VI THE VOCAL REGISTERS

Registers and Range

Registers and Intensity Control

Mutation of Registers

The 'Feigned' Voice
VII SCALES AND EXERCISES

'Building on the Soft'
VIII THE VIBRATO, TREMOLO AND WOBBLE

The Wobble
IX BREATHING

Breath 'Control'
X DECLINE OF BEL CANTO
XI 'SCIENCE' VS. EARLY TRADITION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

Celebrated Opera Arias for Baritone

edited by Max Spicker 1986

1. L' AFRICAINE (MEYERBEER)

Adamastor, roi des yagues profondes
2. L' AFRICAINE (MEYERBEER)

Fille du rois
3. ARIODANT (MEHUL)

Femme sensible, entends-tu
4. ATTlLA (VERDI)

Dagli immortali vertici
5. BALLO IN MASCHERA, UN (VERD/)

Eri tu che macchiavi
6. CARMEN (BIZET)

Votre toast, je peux vous Ie rendre
7. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA (MASCAGNI)

II cavallo scalpita
8. DESERTEUR, LE (MONSIGNY)

Adieu, chere Louise

DINORAH (see PARDON DE PLOERMEL)
9. DON CARLO (VERDI)

Per me giunto
10. DON GIOVANNI (MOZART)

Deh vieui alla finestra
11. DON SEBASTIANO (D0NIZETTl )

O Lisbona, alfin ti miro
12. EURYANTHE (WEBER )

Wo berg' ich mich?
13. FAUST (GOUNOD)

Avant de quitter ces lieux
14. FLIEGENDE HOLLANDER, DER (WAGNER)

Die Frist ist um
15. GIOCONDA, LA (PONCHIELLI)

Ah ! Pescator
16. GOLDENE KREUZ, DAS (BRULL)

Wie anders war es
17. GUARANY, IL (GOMES)

Senza tetto, senza cuna
18. GUILLAUME TELL (ROSSINI)

Sois Immobile (Prayer)
19. HAMLET (THOMAS)

O vin, dissipe la tristesse
20. HANS HElLING (MARSCHNER)

An Jenem Tag
21. HENRY VIII (SAINT- SAENS)

Qui done commande quand il aime
22. HERODIADE (MASSENET)

Salome!, Salome!
23. HERODIADE (MASSENET)

Vision fugitive
24. LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (DONIZETTl)

Cruda, funesta smania
25. MACBETH (VERDI)

Pieta rispetto, onore
26. MARIA DI RUDENZ (DONIZETTI)

Ah ! non avea pin lagrime
27. ORFEO (HAYDN)

II pensier sta negli oggetti
28. PARDON DE PLOERMEL, LE (MEYERBEER)

Ah ! mon remords te venge
29. PARSIFAL (WAGNER)

Gebet des Amfortas
30. RICHARD COEUR DE LION (GRETRY)

O Richard, o mon Roi !
31. RIGOLETTO (VERDI)

Cortigiani, viI razza
32. ROI DE LAHORE, LE (MASSENET)

Promesse de mon avenir
33. SIEGE DE CORINTHE, LE (ROSSINI)

La gioire et la fortune
34. TANNHAUSER (WAGNER)

Blick' ich umber
35. TANNHAUSER (WAGNER)

O du meln holder Abendstern
36. TROMPETER VON SAKKINGEN, DER (NESSLER)

Es hat nicht sollen sein
37. TROVATORE, IL (VERDI)

II balen del suo sorriso

Celebrated Opera Arias for Bass

edited by Max Spicker 1986

1. AGRIPPINA (HINDEL)

Col raggio placido
2. CHALET, LE (ADAM)

Vallons de I'Helvetie
3. DARDANUS (RAMEAU)

DINORAH (see PARDON DE PLOERMEL)
4. DON CARLO (VERDI)

Dormiro sol nel manto mio regal
5. DON GIOVANNI (MOZART)

Madamina ! iI catalogo e questo
6. L'EBREO (APOLLONl)

Fu Dio che disse
7. ERNANI (VERDI)

Infelice ! e tuo credevi
8. L'ETOILE DU NORD (MEYERBEER)

O Jours heareux
9. FAUST (GOUNOD)

Vous qui faites I'eadormie
10. FAVORITA, LA (DONIZETTI)

A tanto amor
11. F REISCHUTZ, DER (WEBER)

Schweig'l damit dich Niemand warat
12. GIOCONDA, LA (PONCHIELLI)

Ombre di mia prosapia
13. HERCULANUM (DAVID)

Je crois an Dieu
14. IPHIGENIE EN TAURIDE (GLUCK)

De noire pressentiments
15. JOLIE FILLE DE PERTH, LA (BIZET)

Quand la flamme de I'amour
16. JUIVE, LA (HALEVY)

Si la rigueur
17. LUCREZIA BORGIA (DONIZETTl)

Vieni ! la mia vendetta
18. LUSTIGEN WEIBER VON WINDSOR, DIE (NICOLAI)

Als Bublein klein
19. MACBETH (VERDI)

Come dal ciel precipita
20. MAESTRO DI MUSICA, IL (PERGOLESI)

Bella mia
21. MARTHA (FLOTOW)

Lasst mich euch fragen
22. MEISTERSINGER, DIE (WAGNER)

Nun hort und versteht (Pogner's Address)
23· MEISTERSINGER, DIE (WAGNER)

Was duftet doch der Flieder
24. MEISTERSINGER, DIE (WAGNER)

Wahn ! Wahn !
25. MIGNON (THOMAS)

De son coeur j'al calmé la fievre
26. NABUCODONOSOR (VERDI)

Tu sul labbro de' veggenti
27. NOZZE DI FIGARO, LE (MOZART)

Se vuol ballare, signor contino
28. NOZZE DI FIGARO, LE (MOZART)

Non piu andrai
29. PARDON DE PLOERMEL, LE (MEYERBEER)

Le Jour est levé
30. PHILEMON ET BAUCIS (GOUNOD)

Au bruit del lourds marteaux d'airain
31. PHILEMON ET BAUCIS (GOUNOD)

Que Ies songes heureux
32. REINE DE SABA, LA (GOUNOD)

Sous les pieds d'une femme
33. ROBERT BRUCE (ROSSINI)

Que ton ame ai noble
34. ROBERT LE DIABLE (MEYERBEER)

Nonnes qui reposes
35. SARDANAPALE (JONCIERES)

Le front dans la poussiere
36. SELVA INCANTATA, LA (RIGHINI)

Al nome tuo temuto
37. SIMONE BOCCANEGRA (VERDI)

II lacerato spirito
38. VESPRI SICI LI ANI, I (VERDI)

O, tu Palermo
39. WALKURE, DIE (WAGNER)

Wotans Abschied
40. ZAUBERFLOTE, DIE (MOZART)

In diesen heil'gen Hallen

Celebrated Opera Arias for Soprano

edited by Max Spicker 1986

1. ACANTHE ET CEPHISE (RAMEAU)

Chassons de nos plaisirs
2· ACIS AND GALATHEA (HANDEL)

As when the dove
3. AIDA (VERDI)

L'insana parola
4. ALCESTE (GLUCK)

Ah ! malgré moi (Les Adieux)
5. CARMEN (BIZET)

Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante
6. CID, LE (MASSENET)

Pleurez, mes yeux
7. CID, LE (MASSENET)

Plus de tourments
8. CLEMENZA DI TITO, LA (MOZART)

Non piu di fiori
9. DEUX AVARES, LES (GRETRY)

Plus de dépit, plus de tristesse
10. DIMITRI (JONCIERES)

Pales etoiles
II. DON CARLO (VERDI)

O don fatale
12. ETIENNE MARCEL (SAINT - SAENS)

O beaux reves evanouis
13. FEE AUX ROSES, LA (HALEVY)

En dormant c'est a moi
14. FIANCEE D'ABYDOS, LA (BARTHE)

O nuit qui me couvre
15. FIDELIA (BEETHOVEN)

Abscheulicher I wo eilst du hin?
16. FLIEGENDE HOLLANDER, DER (WAGNER)

Traft ihr das Schiff (Ballad)
17. FORZA DEL DESTINO, LA (VERDI)

Madre, pietosa Vergine
18. FORZA DEL DESTINO, LA (VERDI)

Pace, pace
19. FREISCHUTZ, DER (WEBER )

Und ob die Wolke sie verhulle
20. GUARANY, IL (GOMES)

C'era una volta un principe
21. HERODIADE (MASSENET)

II est doux, il est bon
22. HUGENOTS, LES (MEYERBEER)

Nobles seigneura
23. JEANNE D'ARC (TSCHAIKOWSKY)

Adieu, forests!
24. JUIVE, LA (HALEVY)

II va venir
25. LOHENGRIN (WAGNER)

Einsam in truben Tagen (Elsa's Dream)
26. MIGNON (THOMAS)

Je suis Titania (Polonaise)
27. MIREILLE (GOUNOD)

Mon coeur ne peut se changer
28. NOZZE DI FIGARO, LE (MOZART)

Deh vieni, non tardar
29. NOZZE DI FIGARO, LE (MOZART)

Voi che sapete
30. OBERON (WEBER)

Ocean! Du Ungeheuer!
31. ORFEO (HAYDN)

Del mio core
32. OSTERIA (LILL0)

Domani, o mi felice
33. OTELLO (VERDI)

Ave Maria
34. PECHEURS DE PERLES, LES (BIZET)

Me voila seule dans la nuit
35. PECHEURS DE PERLES, LES (BIZET)

O Dieu Brahma!
36. PHILEMON ET BAUCIS (GOUNOD)

Ah ! si je redevenais
37. REINE DE SABA, LA (GOUNOD)

Plus grand dans son obscurité
38. ROI ET LE FERMIER, LE (MONSIGNY)

II regardait mon bouquet
39. ROME0 ET JULIETTE (GOUNOD)

Ah! Je veux vivre
40. SAISONS, LES (COLASSE)

Tout cede a vos doux appas
41. TANNHAUSER (WAGNER)

Dich, theure Halle
42. TANNHAUSE R (WAGNER)

Elisabeth's Gebet (Prayer)
43 TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (WAGNER)

Isolde's Liebestod

Celebrated Opera Arias for Tenor

edited by Max Spicker 1986

1. L'AFRICAINE (MEYERBEER)

O Paradia sorti de I'onde
2. AIDA (VERDI)

Celeste Aida
3. L'AMANT JALOUX (GRETRY)

Tandis que tout sommeille
4. CARMEN (BIZET)

La f1eur que tu m'avais jetee
5. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA (MASCAGNI)

O Lola bianca
6. CID, LE (MASSENE'l')

O souverain, o juge
7. DARDANUS (SACCHINI)

Jour heureux
8. DON GIOVANNI (MOZART)

Il mio tesoro intanto
9. DON PASQUALE (DONIZETTI)

Com' e gentil
10. DUE FOSCARI, I (VERDI)

Dal piu remoto esilio
11. EURYANTHE (WEBER)

Unter bluh'nden Mandelbammen
12. FAUST (GOUNOD)

Salut, demeure chaste et pure
13. FAVORITA, LA (DONIZETTI)

Spirto gentil
14. FREISCHÜTZ, DER (WEBER)

Durch die Wälder
15. GIOCONDA, LA (P0NCHIELLI)

Cielo e marl
16. HÉRODIADE (MASSENET)

Ne pouvant réprimer
17. HUGUENOTS, LE S (MEYERBEER)

Plus blanche que la blanche hermine
18. JOCELYN (GODARD)

Oh I ne t'veille pas
19. JOSEPH EN EGYPTE (MEHUL)

Champs paternels
20. LAKME (DELIBES)

Fantaisie aux divine mensonges
21. LOHENGRIN (WAGNER)

In·fernem Land (Lohengrin's Narration)
22. MACBETH (VERDI)

Ah, la paterna mano
23. MARTHA (FLOTOW)

Ach I so fromm
24. MEISTERSINGER, DIE (WAGNER)

Am stillen Herd
25. IMEISTERSINGER, DIE (WAGNER)

Walther's Prize-song
26. MIGNON (THOMAS)

Elle ne croyait pas
27. MIREILLE (GOUNOD)

Anges du paradis
28. MUETTE DE PORTICI, LA (AUBER)

Tu pauvre seul ami
29. POLYEUCTE (GOUNOD)

Nymphes attentives
30. POLYEUCTE (GOUNOD)

Source deliciense (Stances)
31. REGINELLA (BRAGA)

Bella del tuo sorriso
32. REINE DE SABA, LA (GOUNOD)

Inspirez-moi !
33. RIENZI (WAGNER)

Allmächt'ger Vater! (Prayer)
34. ROI D'YS, LE (LALO)

Vainement, ma bien-aimée
35. SALVATOR ROSA (GOMES)

Forma sublime, eterea
36. SAPHO (GOUNOD)

O jours heureux
38. TROVATORE, IL (VERDI)

Ah si, ben mio; coll'essere
31. WALKÜRE, DIE (WAGNER)

Siegmund's Love-song
39. ZAUBERFLOTE, DIE (MOZART)

Dies Bildniss ist bezaubernd schön
40. ZEMIRE ET AZOR (GRETRY)

Du moment qu'on aime

Giuseppe Verdi - 16 Composizioni Da Camera - per canto e pianoforte

1986

1. L'esule
2. La seduzione
3· II poveretto
4· Stornello
5· Non t'accostare all'urna
6. More, Elisa, lo stanco poeta
7· In solitaria stanza
8. Nell'orror di notte oscura
9· Perduta ho la pace
10. Deh, pietoso, oh Addolorata
11. II tramonto
12. La zingara
13· Ad una stella
14· Lo spazzacamino
15· II mistero
16. Brindisi (I Versione)
16.b Brindisi (II Versione)

Mozart's Practical Elements of Thorough-Bass

by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1976

Of the Thoro' Bass indication of Tntervals and Chords
Table of Intervals
Of the operation of the Accidentals upon Intervals
Of the three Motions
Of reducing the parts
Table of chords in three parts
Of the six dangerous Progressions.

Reinhold Gliere Concerto for Coloratura Soprano and Orchestra - Opus 82 - reduction for voice and piano by the composer

by Reinhold Gliere 1986

Ricci - Rossini - Variations and Cadenzas for Singing

1986

OTELLO - G. Rossini
IL TANCREDI - G. Nicolini
I CAPULETI ED I MONTECCHI - v. Bellini
LA DONNA DEL LAGO - G. Rossini
IL BARRIERE DI SIVIGLIA - G. Rossini
IL TURCO IN ITALIA - G. Rossini

Ricci - Variations, Cadenzas and Traditions for Singing - Female Voices

1986

L' AFRICANA - G. Meyerbeer
AIDA - UN BALLO IN MASCHERA - G.Verdi
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA - G. Rossini
IL CARNEVALE DI VENEZIA - G. Benedict
LA CENERENTOLA - G. Rossini
CRISPINO E LA COMARE - Federico e Luigi Ricci
DINORAH - G. Meyerbeer
DON CARLO - G. Verdi
DON PASQUALE - G.Donizetti
L'ELISIR D'AMORE - G.Donizetti
ERNANI - G. Verdi
FAUST - C. Gounod
LA FAVORITA - G. Donizetti
LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO - G.Donizetti
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO - G. Verdi
LA GIOCONDA - A. Ponchielli
IL GIURAMENTO - S. Mercadante
GUGLIELMO TELL - G. Rossini
L'ITALIANA IN ALGERI - G. Rossini
LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX - G. Donizetti
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR - G. Donizetti
LUCREZIA BORGIA - G. Donizetti
MARIA DI ROHAN - G. Donizetti
MARTA - F. de Flotow
MATILDE DI SHABRAN - G.Rossini
MEFISTOFELE - A. Boito
NORMA - v. Bellini
OTELLO - G. Rossini
OTELLO - G. Verdi
I PURITANI - v. Bellini
RIGOLETTO - G. Verdi
SAFFO - G. Pacini
SEMIRAMIDE - G. Rossini
LA SONNAMBULA - V. Bellini
TANCREDI - G. Rossini
LA TRAVIATA - G. Verdi
IL TROVATORE - G. Verdi
GLI UGONOTTI - G. Meyerbeer
TEMA CONVARIAZIONI - H. Proch
I VESPRI SICILIANI - G. Verdi

Ricci - Variations, Cadenzas and Traditions for Singing - Mixed Voices

1986

L' AFRICANA - G. Meyerbeer
AIDA - UN BALLO IN MASCHERA - G.Verdi
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA - G. Rossini
DINORAH - G. Meyerbeer
DON PASQUALE - G.Donizetti
L'ELISIR D'AMORE - G.Donizetti
FAUST - C. Gounod
LA FAVORITA - G. Donizetti
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO - G. Verdi
L'ITALIANA IN ALGERI - G. Rossini
LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX - G. Donizetti
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR - G. Donizetti
LUCREZIA BORGIA - G. Donizetti
LUISA MILLER - G. Verdi
MARIA DI ROHAN - G. Donizetti
MEFISTOFELE - A. Boito
NORMA - V. Bellini
I PURITANI - v. Bellini
RIGOLETTO - G. Verdi
SEMIRAMIDE - G. Rossini
LA SONNAMBULA - V. Bellini
LA TRAVIATA - G. Verdi
IL TROVATORE - G. Verdi
GLI UGONOTTI - G. Meyerbeer
L'APPOGGIATURA NEI RECITATIVI

Rossini - La Regata Veneziana - Per Canto E Pianoforte - Soprano or Tenor

1986

Anzoleta avanti la regatta
Anzoleta co passa la regatta
Anzoleta dopo la regatta

The Dounis Principles of Violin Playing - Their Meaning and Practical Application

by Valborg Leland 1982

FOREWORD
PART I
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE I. THE TECHNIQ.UE OF THE RIGHT ARM
CHAPTER I. HOLDING THE BOW

1. The balanced hold

2. Position of the other fingers on the bow

3. Developing the clinging feeling of the fingers on the stick
CHAPTER II. FINDING THE PROPER BOW ARM LEVELS FOR EACH SEPARATE STRING
CHAPTER III. ROTATION OF THE FOREARM
CHAPTER IV. DEVELOPING THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE FINGERS OF THE RIGHT HAND
CHAPTER V. DRAWING THE BOW IN .BROAD DETACHE

1. Finding the correct playing position of the arm and hand at the middle of the bow

2. Maintaining the correct position of the arm and wrist when drawing the bow from the middle to the point

3. Maintaining the correct position ofthe arm and wrist when drawing the bow from the middle to the frog

4. The pull of the bow

(a) The" Paint Brush" stroke

(b) Pulling the up bows

(c) The release of the pull

(d) Pulling the down bows

(e) Feeling a curved line during the bow stroke

5. Change of bow

6. The Direction of weight in the hand when pulling the bow

7. Counteracting the tendency to pull down bows too rapidly

8. The balanced contact of the hair on the string

9. The direction of pressure on the bow

10. Developing the feeling that the down bow stroke is on a lower level than the up bow stroke

11. The correct line of the bow stroke in relation to the bridge

12. How to approach the string when starting a tone

13. The final steps in the technique of pulling the bow, and in the change of the bow

14. Elimination of exaggerated movements in the exercises for the down bow stroke

15. Applying the technique of "pulling" the bow to any etude or repertoire (when the rhythm is uniform)
CHAPTER VI. THE UP AND DOWN MOVEMENTS OF THE WRIST

1. Very fast detache

2. Moderately fast detache

3. Fast springing bow (sautille)

4. Slow spiccatto
CHAPTER VII. STRING CROSSING

1. In legato bowing

2. In detache bowing
CHAPTER VIII. ATTACKS AND ACCENTS

1. The accented legato (parlando)

2. The accented staccato
CHAPTER IX. THE APPLICATION OF BOWING PRINCIPLES TO REPERTOIRE
PART II
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE II. THE TECHNIQUE OF THE LEFT ARM
CHAPTER I. HOLDING THE VIOLIN
CHAPTER II. THE SHAPE OF THE FINGERS ON THE FINGERBOARD
CHAPTER III. THE VIBRATO

1. The functions of the vibrato

2. The ideal vibrato movement

3. Exercises for the student with no vibrato, or for the student who wishes to change his arm vibrato to a wrist vibrato

4. Exercise for the student whose vibrato is too wobbly and slow

5. Exercise for the student whose wrist vibrato is excessive (too fast and nervous)
CHAPTER IV. SHIFTING

1. General rules

2. The position and function of the left thumb

3. Shifting to a new position with the same finger

4. Shifting to a different finger

5. Shifting when crossing strings

6. Diatonic shifts (Scales)

7. Chromatic shifts.

8. Shifting procedure for elementary students

9. Shifts in double stops

10. Shifts in fast tempo

11. Bow pressure during shifts

12. Shifting with harmonics

13. A shift immediately following an open string .

14. Further material
CHAPTER V. THE ACTION OF THE FINGERS ON THE FINGERBOARD

1. Retaining the parallel line of fingers on string during action of fingers

2. Individual movement of the fingers on the string

3. Movement of the fingers in groups
CHAPTER VI. DEVELOPING TECHNIQUE THROUGH THE DOUNIS WORKS

1. " Fundamental technical studies"

2. " The development of flexibility"

3. "Preparatory studies in thirds and fingered octaves," Book I.

4. " The higher development of thirds and fingered octaves"

5. " Fundamental trill studies"
CHAPTER VII. SCALES

1. Scale fingerings

2. Breaking up the scale for practice purposes

3. Scales on one string

4. The Artist's Technique of Violin Playing by D. C. Dounis, Opus 12 (How to practise scales)
CHAPTER VIII. PIZZICATO

1. Left hand pizzicato

2. Right hand pizzicato
CHAPTER IX. THE APPLICATION OF LEFT HAND PRINCIPLES TO REPERTOIRE

1. Practising the shifts

2. Practising passages
LIST OF MASTERWORKS BY DR. D. C. DOUNIS

The Free Voice - A Guide to Natural Singing

by Cornelius L. Reid 1965

1 Introduction
2 The Organs of Voice

Natural Singing: Correct vs. Habitual
3 Vocal Control

Control Through Self-Awareness

Conceptual Control and Its Limitations
4 The Vocal Registers

Mechanics of the Registers

'Pure' Registration

Registers and Intensity

'Mixed' Registration

A Coordinated or 'Blended' Registration

The 'Two-Voiced' Singer

Segmentation of the Registers

Register Rotation

Parallel Relationships

Registers and Interpretation
5 Aesthetic Judgment

Vowel Adaptation

Vocal Limitations

Voice 'Building'
6 Conceptual Evaluations

Textural Properties of the Vowel, Registration and Resonance

Temperament, Anatomical Structure and Emotional Identification
7 Vocal Exercises

Exercising the Registers

Exercises for Separating the Registers, Female Voice

Exercises for Separating the Registers, Male Voice

Exercises for Register Mutation

Preparatory Exercises for Combining the Registers, Female Voice

Preparatory Exercises for Combining the Registers, Male Voice

The Messa di Voce

Messa di Voce-Female Voice

Messa di Voce-Male Voice

Repertoire and Interpretation
8 Breathing

Breath 'Control'

Feeling and Emotion
9 Characteristic Voice Movements

The Wobble
10 Attitudes Toward Teaching and Learning

Self-Perception

Freedom and Intuition

Stimulus Control

Tangible Control

Energy and Movement

The Conditioned Reflex Theory
APPENDIX

The Composition of Vocal Tone

Quality-The Vowel-Timbre

Voice: Psyche and Soma

by Cornelius L. Reid 1975

INTRODUCTION
MUSCLES AND MOVEMENT

Tension and Relaxation

Rhythm-Movement-Technique

Energy-Natural Movement-Anxiety

'Voice' as Person

Functional Listening

Quality and Texture

Quality, Imitation and Self-Listening

Physical Problems

Quality Concepts

Natural Singing

Core or Periphery?
THE VOCAL MECHANISM
THE VOCAL REGISTER

Registration and Pitch

The Lower Pitch Range

Higher Pitch Levels

Registration and Intensity

Register and Coordination

Adduction
REGISTER DEVELOPMENT

The Register Overlap

Synergy vs. Energy

Ratios of Registration

Register Segments

Texture, Registration and Sensations of Vibration

A 'Mixed' Registration

Summation
THE VOWEL
RESONANCE

Nasal Resonance vs. Nasality
THE ATTACK

Throat Constriction

Self-Regulation
EXERCISES FOR LARGYNGEAL SUSPENSION
FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS
CONCEPT AND FUNCTION
BREATHING

Breath Control
THE VIBRATTO
INTERPRETATION

Articulation
APPENDIX I

Stimulation of Involuntary Muscles
APPENDIX II

Historical Background of Registration
APPENDIX III

Functional Studies
APPENDIX IV

A 'Mixed' Registration
REFERENCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ARTICLES
ILLUSTRATIONS

Figure I-Vocal Cords in Phonation

Figure II-Pure Registration

Figure lII-Vocal Segments

Figure IV-Laryngeal Suspension

Figure V-Textures of Registration